1934 All-Star Game Play by Play

Retrosheet is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1989 for the purpose of computerizing play-by-play accounts of as many pre-1984 major league games as possible. Their research is without parallel, beyond exceptional, and in a league by itself. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present this play-by-play account of the 1934 All-Star Game courtesy of Retrosheet.

"But with (Carl) Hubbell gone, the Americans pounced on Lon Warneke and Van Lingle Mungo for four runs each in the fourth and fifth innings." - Total Baseball
1934 All-Star Game

A Play-by-Play Account

AL STARS 1ST: Gehringer singled to Berger [Gehringer to second (error by Berger)]; Manush walked; Ruth struck out; Gehrig struck out while Gehringer stole third and Manush stole second; Foxx struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 0.

NL STARS 1ST: Frisch homered; Traynor grounded out (Gehringer to Gehrig); Medwick struck out; Cuyler grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

AL STARS 2ND: Simmons struck out; Cronin struck out; Hubbell struck out five Hall of Famers consecutively; Dickey singled; Gomez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

NL STARS 2ND: Berger struck out; Terry flied to Simmons; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

AL STARS 3RD: Gehringer flied to Cuyler; Manush grounded out (Frisch to Terry); Ruth walked; Gehrig flied to Cuyler; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

NL STARS 3RD: Hartnett grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); HERMAN BATTED FOR HUBBELL; Herman popped to Cronin; Frisch walked; Traynor singled to Simmons [Frisch to third]; Medwick homered [Frisch scored, Traynor scored]; Cuyler lined to Simmons; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

AL STARS 4TH: WARNEKE REPLACED HERMAN (PITCHING); Foxx grounded out (Jackson to Terry); Simmons doubled to Medwick; Cronin singled to Medwick [Simmons scored]; Dickey struck out; AVERILL BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Averill tripled to Cuyler [Cronin scored]; Gehringer walked; Manush popped to Traynor in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 2, NL Stars 4.

NL STARS 4TH: RUFFING REPLACED MANUSH (PITCHING); AVERILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SIMMONS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Berger popped to Foxx in foul territory; Terry singled to Simmons; Jackson flied to Averill; Hartnett grounded out (Foxx to Gehrig); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 2, NL Stars 4.

AL STARS 5TH: Ruth walked; Gehrig walked [Ruth to second]; MUNGO REPLACED WARNEKE (PITCHING); Foxx singled to Berger [Ruth scored, Gehrig to third]; Simmons singled to Jackson [Gehrig scored, Foxx to second]; Cronin made an out to Hartnett; Dickey walked [Foxx to third, Simmons to second]; Averill doubled to Cuyler [Foxx scored, Simmons scored, Dickey to third]; Gehringer was walked intentionally; Ruffing singled to Medwick [Dickey scored, Averill scored, Gehringer to second]; Ruth grounded out (Terry unassisted) [Gehringer to third, Ruffing to second]; Gehrig struck out; Umpires move: Owens (hp), Stark (1b), Moriarty (2b), Pfirman (hp); 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 8, NL Stars 4.

NL STARS 5TH: CHAPMAN REPLACED RUTH (PLAYING RF); MARTIN BATTED FOR MUNGO; Martin walked; Frisch singled [Martin to third]; Traynor singled [Martin scored, Frisch to third]; KLEIN BATTED FOR MEDWICK; Klein singled to Chapman [Frisch scored, Traynor to second]; HARDER REPLACED RUFFING (PITCHING); OTT BATTED FOR CUYLER; Ott forced Klein (Chapman to Cronin) [Traynor to third]; WANER BATTED FOR BERGER; Waner struck out; Traynor stole home and Ott stole second; Terry walked; VAUGHAN BATTED FOR JACKSON; Vaughan forced Terry (Cronin to Gehringer); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 8, NL Stars 7.

AL STARS 6TH: KLEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WANER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); OTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); VAUGHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LOPEZ REPLACED HARTNETT (PLAYING C); DEAN REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Foxx struck out; Simmons doubled to Waner; Cronin doubled to Klein [Simmons scored]; Dickey walked; Averill struck out while Cronin was picked off and caught stealing third (Lopez to Vaughan to Frisch); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

NL STARS 6TH: COCHRANE REPLACED DICKEY (PLAYING C ); Lopez struck out; Dean lined to Simmons; Frisch grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); Frisch had sprained his right foot in the fifth; Herman had previously pinch hit in the third and was allowed to play by AL manager Joe Cronin; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

AL STARS 7TH: HERMAN REPLACED FRISCH (PLAYING 2B); Gehringer singled to Ott [Gehringer out at second (Ott)]; Harder struck out; Chapman tripled to Klein; Gehrig struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

NL STARS 7TH: Traynor grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); Klein reached on an error by Gehrig; Ott forced Klein (Cronin to Gehringer); Waner popped to Gehrig; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

AL STARS 8TH: Foxx doubled; Simmons popped to Vaughan; Cronin flied to Waner; Cochrane grounded out (Herman to Terry); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

NL STARS 8TH: Terry grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); Vaughan grounded out (Cronin to Gehrig); Lopez grounded out (Foxx to Gehrig); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

AL STARS 9TH: FRANKHOUSE REPLACED DEAN (PITCHING); Averill popped to Vaughan; Gehringer walked; Harder popped to Lopez in foul territory; Chapman flied to Klein; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

NL STARS 9TH: WEST REPLACED AVERILL (PLAYING CF); Frankhouse grounded out (Cochrane to Gehrig); Herman doubled; Traynor flied to West; Klein grounded out (Gehrig to Harder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 9, NL Stars 7.

End of 1934 All-Star Game Play-by-Play


The play by play information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Road, Newark, DE 19711.

Read a game story, review the line scores, pitching lines, home runs, complete player rosters (including those who did not play or attend the game), starting teams, lineups, and much more information about every All-Star Game in history here on Baseball Almanac.

Have you had an opportunity to view a Midsummer Classic in person? Do you have a favorite memory from one that you watched on television? Find other "real" baseball fans by visiting our exclusive baseball message board: Baseball Fever.